I think we want to see new voices and new ideas emerge - that's part of the reason why term limits are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
The Governor would serve a five-year term and be ineligible for reelection. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Chicago is the largest city in the country without mayoral term limits. This has led to entrenched leaders, a lack of new… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
Where annual elections end, there slavery begins ... Humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast… — John Adams Copy Share Image
What makes this mentality dangerous is that when the team is held together by careerism and mindless partisanship, individual members are punished… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
In the age of term limits, unfortunately, you see power not in the people who are elected by the people, but instead… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
If the voters really understood what we were up to they'd vote us out of office. — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Those who have been intoxicated with power... can never willingly abandon it. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I believe in term limits for presidents because I think that there is no doubt I'm a better president now than I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I have always thought that term limits for Justices sound good until you really give the issue some thought. — David Stras Copy Share Image
Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power. — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
We need to focus on reducing property taxes. We need to focus on education funding. We need to focus on getting term… — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
It is easy to see how after receiving this adoration for a term or two most members become convinced they are indispensable. — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
I leave to others the sublime delights of riding in the storm, better pleased with sound sleep & a warmer berth below… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians. — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Few things infuse a member of Congress with more courage than self-imposed term limits or an imminent retirement. The issues they choose… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
My reason for fixing them in office for a term of years, rather than for life, was that they might have an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Recently the country has seen too much of our legislators, seeing them as a gaggle of check-kiting, judge-smearing deadbeats who don't pay… — George Will Copy Share Image
Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than… — George Mason Copy Share Image